There are no specific requirements. Helpful the knowledge about form, structure and functions of simplified or complex living organisms and related bio-molecular mechanisms.
Required foundation courses: none

Target skills and knowledge:

Knowledge about (a) the foremost classes of natural or anthropogenic substances that are likely to found in animal feeding stuffs or human foodstuffs; (b) basic concepts and criteria for biomarker discovery, validation and use in food toxicology; (c) high-throughput methodologies (i.e., NGS, microarray), bioassays and functional studies helpful in the field of toxicogenomics applied to food science (including specific case-studies); (d) in vitro toxicology; (e) principles of food legislation within and outside EU.

Examination methods:

Written exam (1.5 hours long)
The examination will be performed the same day for the 3 modules.

The exam of the module PHARMACOGENETICS, TOXICOGENOMICS AND IN VITRO TOXICOLOGY will consist in:
- 2 open questions;
- 1 short open-ended question about the laboratory session.

The exam of the module FOOD REGULATION will consist in:
- 2 open questions.

Assessment criteria:

Evaluation of the acquired knowledge about specific arguments; the student’s capability to discuss and solve specific problems and make by itself intra- and inter-disciplinary connections; the use of a specific scientific language